LITTLENESS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does littleness mean? 

• LITTLENESS (noun)
  The noun LITTLENESS has 3 senses:

1. the property of having a relatively small size
2. the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
3. lack of generosity in trifling matters

  Familiarity information: LITTLENESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITTLENESS (noun)

Meaning:

The property of having a relatively small size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

littleness; smallness

Hypernyms ("littleness" is a kind of...):

size (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "littleness"):

diminutiveness; minuteness; petiteness; tininess; weeness (the property of being very small in size)

delicacy; slightness; puniness; runtiness; stuntedness; dwarfishness (smallness of stature)

Antonym:

bigness (the property of having a relatively great size)

Meaning:

The property of having relatively little strength or vigor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

littleness; smallness

Context example:

the smallness of her voice

Hypernyms ("littleness" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

Meaning:

Lack of generosity in trifling matters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

littleness; pettiness; smallness

Hypernyms ("littleness" is a kind of...):

closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; tightfistedness; tightness (extreme stinginess)